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Author: Vlae Kershner

Santa Clara County Superior Court released 470 pages of documents about the Brock Turner sexual assault case on Friday.

In the case that has drawn national attention, the former Stanford swimmer was convicted of three counts of sexual assault. Judge Aaron Persky’s light sentence of six months in jail has spawned outrage and Persky has been targeted for recall.

The death of the second of the famous San Francisco twins, Marian B. Brown, reminds us of the time she and her sister Vivian did a commercial for The Chronicle, that, at least in the newsroom, remains …

Trying to get a newspaper staff to avoid using cliches is like: a) Rolling a boulder uphill b) Pissing into the wind c) Multiple-choice quiz leads are a cliche too, you know Chronicle Copy Desk Chief …

Anyone surprised that a Steubenville-type alleged sexual assault could have happened in the weathly community of Saratoga shouldn’t be. It’s not unusual even in highly educated Palo Alto, one student …